Tang Lung Chau (Chinese: 燈籠洲) is a islet located off the southern coast of Ma Wan island to the northwest of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is administratively^[clarify] part of Tsuen Wan District.^{[citation needed]}

Tang Lung Chau
View of Tang Lung Chau from Tsing Ma Bridge.
Traditional Chinese	燈籠洲
Simplified Chinese	灯笼洲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dēnglóngzhōu Hakka Romanization Den1 lung2 ziu1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Dāng lùhng jāu Jyutping Dang1 lung4 zau1 Sidney Lau Dang1 Lung4 Jau1

Lighthouse

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Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse

Location	Tang Lung Chau, Tsuen Wan District, Ma Wan, British Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°20′23″N 114°03′47″E
Tower
Constructed	1912
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	metal skeletal tower
Height	12 m (39 ft)
Shape	square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower and lantern
Heritage	declared monuments of Hong Kong
Light
Focal height	37 m (121 ft)
Range	18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 5s
Hong Kong no.	HK-062[1][2]

Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse and the former light keeper's house, located on Tang Lung Chau, was declared a monument on 29 December 2000.[3]

The lighthouse, also commonly known as Kap Sing Lighthouse, was put into service on 29 April 1912; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong. It is a skeletal steel tower of 11.8 metres (39 ft) high with a white lantern on top. The steel tower and light apparatus were obtained from England. The lighthouse, unmanned and automated, is now under the management of the Marine Department.[4]

There is a bedroom, a kitchen, a latrine and a store room in the adjoining brick light keeper's house.[4] There was no spring or fresh water supply on the island so the light keeper of Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse used rainwater which was collected from the roof and then diverted into an underground tank.[4]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Hong Kong
• Green Island Lighthouse Compound
• Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse
• Waglan Lighthouse

Gallery

• 
  View of Ma Wan, with Tang Lung Chau in the upper part of the picture

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tang Lung Chau.

• Aerial view on Google Maps
• Map of Tang Lung Chau
• Ha, Louis; Waters, Dan (2001). "Hong Kong's Lighthouses and the Men Who Manned Them" (PDF). Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 41: 281–320. ISSN 1991-7295.